First of all thanks to all who replied with information.
My problem was that I had removed the hood and had the body and hood
painted separately, and tthe paint shop returned them to me separately
as well. After installing engine, and the rest of the stuff that goes
under the hood I tried to reinstall.
This is where I "thought" I had a problem. When I installed the hood I
was trying to be very careful not to scratch. I installed and bolted the
hinges as they sat when I put the hood in the opening, with the hood
propped up. When i tried to close the hood it seemed as if the hood was
about 3/16 to a 1/4 to large. After measureing friends cars and sleeping
on the problem, I realized the problem wsas that I was trying to get a
wider part of the hood to go by the point of the opening instead of over
and down.
I solved my problem by moving the hinges up on thir bolts almost as far
as they would go. this allowed a narrower part of the hood to go over
and down.
Now its just a matter of adjusting for even gaps and this will be easy
after thinking that the body shop had somehow made my hood wider.
Thanks again
John Uloth
74 TR6
59 TR3
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Jerry Shaw wrote:
>
> Hi John
> I'm not certain you had your question answered. Robert Gannon outlined the
> task for centering and aligning the bonnet between the fenders, but I
> understand from a couple of guys at the 21st annual British car show put on
> by the Connecticut Triumph Register that adjusting the gap between the
> bonnet and the fenders once the bonnet is centered and level with the
> cowling, is not an easy task and requires much fiddling. Yes, it's done by
> loosening the attachment bolts, but according to these sources it is very
> very time consuming.
>
> Perhaps there is a way to use wood or steel spacers and perform the
> alignment systematically from, say, the cowling forward using the spacers
> bolted into the the fender mounting holes at three or four strategic places.
> Tighten the bolts between the spacers and remove the spacers last. I dunno,
> just a thought.
>
> Since I, too, want to do this let me know how it turns out for you with your
> technique.
>
> Jerry Shaw
> '74 TR6
> '75 TR6
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Uloth" <juloth@tir.com>
> To: "6-pack" <6pack@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 10:58 AM
> Subject: Fender/Bonnet clearance
>
> > Am I correct in thinking that I should be able to adjust clearance
> > between bonnet and fender, by loosening the screws on the fender,
> > inside the engine compartment, or are there more things involved. I need
> > to move the fenders out about 1/16 to 1/8. Maybe a little more.
> > Thanks in advance
> > John Uloth
> > 74 TR6
> > 59 TR3
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